1799
Mary Anning, English paleontologist (died 1847)
Mary Anning, English paleontologist (died 1847)
Mary Anning, English paleontologist (died 1847)
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
- Born
- 1799
Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. She became known internationally for her discoveries in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset, South West England. Anning's findings contributed to changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth.